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RAILROAD SIGNAL. No. 347,541. Patented Aug. 17', 1886.

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RAILROAD SIGNAL.

Patented Aug. 17, 1886.

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THEODOR R. A. WEBER, or ,NEWY'ORK, N. v.

RAILROAD-SIGNAL.

, SPECIFICATION ToaZZ whom it may concern.-

vBe it known that I, THEODOR R. A. WEBER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have inventeda new and Improved Railroad- Signal, of which .thefollowingis a full, clear, and exact description. Y v

Theobject of my invention is to provide a 'newand improved railway-signal which :is so constructed that the signals-are automatically set to. danger bya bined by rods with each other and with mechsaid rods, all as willbefully set forth and declaims. r

Reference is to be-had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the figures. v

Figure 1 is a plan view of a railroadtrack provided with my improved signal, parts he- Fig. 2 is a side view of the signal-operating mechanism; Fig. 3, a side view of the mechanism differently applied. Fig. 4 is a detail enlarged sectional view of the Fig. 5 is a plan view'of the The signalsA and B are located agreater or less distance from each other at a curve, deep cut,or at any place on the road where the engineer cannot see any great distance ahead.

Each signal consists of a vertical rod, 0, suitably journaled in a frame, 0, and provided at its lower end'with a crank, D, and at the upper end with a signal-disk, E, or lantern.

Each crank Dis connected by a bar or ro'd, F, with one end of an angle-lever, G, pivoted on a sleeper to swing in the horizontal plane, and the other ends of the levers G of the signal A are connected with a rod, H; Between the said rod H and therail I two bars, J, are pivoted to clips on the sleepers, and their inne'r ends are'pivoted together and connected bya link, K,'with a short crank-arm, L, on one end of a shaft, L, having a longer crankarm, L, on its other end, thelonger crankarm, L being connected -with the rod H.

The lever G of the signal B is connected with I train, andtare not changed until the tram leaves the section. fillhe-invention consists of two signals com 'ively', and the bar H, respectively. The rod M has forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,541, dated August 17, 18 86. A'ppllcslion'filer'l May 20,1885. Serial No. 1ct,199.- (No model.) l

a rod, M, also running parallel with the rails. vAt the 'signal B two bars, J, are provided in the manner set forth, and are connected at the I respectively, 5 5

pivoted ends by links N and N, with the erank-armsj0 and O on theend of the shaft 1? and the sleeve 1" surrounding it. At the oppositeend'the shaft P has an arm, Q, and the sleeve 1? an arm, Q, which arms Q. and Q are passed into slots s and s,

in flattened parts 25 and t of the bar M one end connected with another set of bars, J, pivoted, in the manner described, at the point T, except that the levers on placed in opposite dlI'GCblOl'l'flOlll those at the signal A, and as shown in Fig, 3. The point T is located some distance from'the signal B in the direction from the signalAmo the signal tween the signals A and 13, is'fconnected with a'crank, S, on the end of a shaft, S, mounted transversely under the rails and carrying a flanged cam-piece, U, between the rails, on which cam-piece a pivoted between the rails. v

The operation is as follows: The trains run in the direction of the arrow a, Fig. 1, and

the signal A is set for a clear line, and the jointed ends of the bars J are raised, as shown 80 in Fig. 3. The train passes-the signal A and the wheels depress the jointed ends of the bar J and swing the crank-arm L in the directionof thearrow' 11, whereby the rod H is moved in theinverse direction of the arrow a and 85 turns the signal A ninety degrees, so that the same shows danger. The trains now arrivingat the signal A" are -signaled to stop. .The first train runs past the signal B and'on the bars J at the said signal and presses down c their 3' ointed ends,whereby thearm Q, is swung in the direction of the arrow-d and the arm Qin the direefiionof the arrow 9, whereby the rod H is moved inthe direction of the arrow a. and the signal A set to show a clear 5 track and the bars J at the signalA are raised. The bar M is moved in the reverse direction of the arrow a and the signalB is turned ninety.

danger,? and atfthe same j time the rod M raises the bars lat-Ti f \Vhen 100 degrees to. show the train runs'on the" bars J at T, itidepresses the same andnioves the rod M in'fthe di'reorespectthe shaft at T are bar, W, rests, which is turn to danger when signal 13 is turned to danger, and slots allowing thevrod H to move in the dircetion of signal A and turn same to danger when the rails J at A are depressed without interfering with sig' nal B when said signal is turned to track clear by the arms Q and Q. If these slots were notp-rovided,hoth signals A and B would be operated at the same time when the train passed over the bars J of the signal 13. 'In

short, when a train passes'the signal A it setsitto show danger; at the signal B it sets the said signal B for danger and the signal A for a clear line, and at Tit sets the signal B for a clear line. The signal the train has last passed remains set for danger until the train has passed to a certain point from the said signalthat is, to T. At the same time that the signal B is turned to danger the bar W is raised and strikes a projection on the under side of the locomotive or car of a passing, train, which projection sounds a bell orgives another sound-signal on the car or locomotive. Thus if the engineer fails to see signal B he is reminded of the danger by the sound-signal.

Having thus described my invention, I claim asinewi'ahd desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with the signals Aand B, of the bars J, pivoted at the rails at the signals Aand B and at the point T,the rod Hf connected with the bars J at the signalsA and B and with the signal A,and of the rod M, connected with the signal B and with the pivoted bars J at the signal B, and at the point '1, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with the signalsA and B, of the bars J, pivoted at the signals A and B and at the point, T, the rod H connected with the bars J at the signals A and B and with the signal A, the rod M, connected with the signal 13 and the bars J at the signal B and at T, and of the shaft S, connected with the rod M. and having a part, U, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with the bars J, pivu signals B and A,connected with the rod M and H, respectively, substantially as herein shown and described.

THEODOR 1:. A. WEBER.

Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNz, (L SEDGWIOK. 

